Project Manager

Position: Project Manager

Duration: 7 months

Location: Saint Paul, MN (The work is expected to be done with a hybrid of remote and onsite work. Onsite presence is required at least one day per week.)

Interview Mode: In-person

Description of Project

The Metropolitan Council is seeking one full-time Senior Project Manager to manage technical projects primarily within the Infrastructure, Network, and Security teams. Projects include:

Keep the Lights On (patching, certifications, lifecycle management, etc.)

Infrastructure Special Projects (Terraform Infrastructure as Code Project)

At a high level, the resource will provide project leadership for various projects within the Metropolitan Council.

Senior Project Manager

Sample Tasks

Project / Program Planning & Management

• Develop comprehensive project plans using Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
• Define scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties / vendors for execution of projects within baselines.
• Utilize departmental tools for project management, tracking, and reporting.

Team Leadership

• Lead project teams and manage / coach junior project managers as appropriate to ensure service delivery.
• Support a collaborative and productive work and PMO team environment.
• Facilitate communication and coordination for projects / programs across cross-functional teams.
• Accountable to lead change management and conflict resolution efforts within assigned projects.
• Ensure teams have clear roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong stakeholder relationships to become a trusted advisor to project sponsors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and executive management in a timely manner to set expectations and escalate as appropriate.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals through stakeholder management activities.

Risk & Issue Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project / program risks and issues through mitigation planning.
• Monitor and report project / program progress and performance throughout delivery lifecycle.

Budget & Resource Management

• Develop and manage project budgets, per governance requirements.
• Allocate resources effectively to ensure project success through demand management and capacity planning for projects / programs assigned.
• Monitor expenditures and ensure adherence to budget constraints.

Transformation & Organizational Change Management

• Lead transformation and change management scope within projects and programs as appropriate, to ensure solution adoption and process adherence.

Process Improvement

• Support the evaluation and refinement of project management methodologies and processes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives within the PMO
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging practices.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED AND nine (9) years of experience managing multiple IT and business projects

Note: Highest completed degree in the following majors: Computer Science, Business Management, or Project Management will count towards the minimum nine (9) years of required work experience.

• • Associates degree counts as two years of experience
  • Bachelor's degree or higher counts as four years of experience
  • two (2) or more years in a lead role that required collaboration across multiple divisions with stakeholders from varying organizational levels.
  • PMP or PgMP Certification
  • CSM or SAFe Certification
  • 2 years' experience with MS Project
  • 1 years' experience with Azure Dev Ops
  • 1 years' experience with Jira
  • 1 years' experience with GitHub

Desired Qualifications

Certifications

• CompTIA Security+
• Cisco (CCNP)